A Government Conspiracy Unravels in 'Kill the Messenger' Clip (Exclusive)
In the mid-'90s a San Jose, CA, crime reporter stumbled upon a mind-boggling, incendiary story so far reaching, it implicated the White House and the C.I.A. in Central American drug cartel activities.
The reporter was Gary Webb, played by Jeremy Renner in the upcoming film Kill the Messenger. In his reporting, Webb unearthed a conspiracy that could have surpassed Watergate in its scope. However, finding the trail to its discovery also led to his own tragic undoing.
In the clip above, seen here first on Yahoo Movies, Webb — with his editor (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)— reveals his initial findings to their boss at the San Jose Mercury News (Oliver Platt). “One of the D.E.A.’s most wanted… apparently on a government payroll, admitting in open court that he brought in thousands of kilos of cocaine to the U.S. every day — for them,” Webb says.
To unravel more of the saga, you’ll just have to see Kill the Messenger when it opens on Oct. 10.
